What is an NDP?

Neighbourhood Development Plan

The Localism Act 2011 provides local councils with new powers to create their own Neighbourhood Plans to guide development in their administrative areas.

Following the 2011 Act, a Parish council can establish general planning policies for the development and use of land in a neighbourhood. These policies are formulated in a Neighbourhood Development Plan. An NDP does not override the strategic context defined in local development plans. In particular, policies produced in an NDP cannot block development that is already part of the local development plan. However, an NDP can shape and influence where that development will go and what it will look like.